MW:Dollar, yen rise, other fall after weak China data
By Michael Kitchen
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar moved higher Friday during Asian trading hours, as anxiety over weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data sent Asia stocks and U.S. stock index futures lower. The ICE dollar index DXY +0.13% rose to 82.671 from 82.646 late Thursday in North America, while the euro EURUSD -0.25% fell to $1.2288. The Australian dollar AUDUSD -0.70% , especially sensitive to growth prospects for its trading partner China, fell almost a full penny to $1.5619 from its Thursday high of $1.0613. The Japanese yen, which like the dollar tends to rise when the global economic outlook worsens, rose modestly, with the dollar USDJPY -0.20% easing to ¥78.52 from ¥78.57. The British pound GBPUSD -0.21% slipped to 1.5619 from $1.5636.
